MrExcalibur100

I think Sarri meant to say Hazard was the best European footballer (like he already said before) not that he was the best in Europe.

When exactly did Eden turn down an open shot in this game? I cant remember one instance

Brilliant game!!! First half was slow and sluggish but thoroughly enjoyed the 2nd half. 73 % possession. Total domination. It feels good to have complete control of a match.

Eden!!

PEDROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is why he's better than Willian.

Morata is trash wtf is wrong with him? Jeezus...

Too many fucking touches, too slow. One touch football and switches from wing to wing is seriously lacking. We've been mediocre in truth.

Clear penalty on Kovacic.

Luiz Lol. Clownish

He played in a back 3 under Conte. Totally different. Can't see him lasting the full duration of the season. Just hope when Christensen gets the call he grasps it with both hands.

People are seriously blaming him? That was a bullet header. Goalkeepers are not gods you know.

Giroud got elbowed in his mouth, I don't want to hear shit about the penalty. And again, fuck Newcastle. Bunch of cunts

TOP OF THE LEAGUE BIATCHESS!!!!! 3 GAMES 3 WINS. Again FUCK Shitcastle and their diabolical tactics. Embarrassing from Benitez

Trashlin hahaha FUCK OFF YOU TYNESIDE BASTARDS!!

What an insanely poorly officiated game. What a farce. Football without VAR is becoming a joke

Rafa has Newcastle playing like the small side they are.

This "tactic" of trying to hurt Hazard early in the game to get him out of his stride has become very common. But the refs either haven't caught on or dont care

So they've stamped Hazard out of the game. Pathetic

LETS' GO BOYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!

Traore is such a sensational talent. He'll bench Costa going forward for sure

Read some of the posts on this page it seems they're slowly catching on, saying what some of us were saying. http://www.redcafe.net/threads/josé-mourinho-2018-19-performances.440061/page-61 Some of us tried to warn these arrogant Mancs about signing toxic Jose but they didn't listen, instead they wanted a "winner". They've got one alright. He's already created a narrative his defenders are hopeless and cant possibly be ever any good despite spending almost 70 million already on Bailly and Lindelof. He then asked his board for Maguire, who he knows deep down in his heart of hearts is an impossible target. Maguire is nothing more than a red herring, an illuision. The whole situation with Pogba was totally orchestrated by Mourinho. As it was with Casillas, Hazard and Ronaldo in the past. The man is really mentally disturbed. How big clubs continue to take him seriously at this point is beyond me.

I think we'll win this game. The reason we've struggled at Newcastle in recent years is because of the shithouse tactics of previous regimes. Mourinho always tried to outshithouse Pardew. We didn't have a problem with them with other managers (other than Mourinho) at the helm.

So I watched the 2nd half again. This one will be much shorter since unlike the 1st half I actually watched the 2nd half live. Basically it was extremely one-sided, I believe we averaged 74% possession in that half which is just brilliant to accomplish in a big game. Very Guardiola-esque. In truth, Arsenal lacked ambition. Emery was cleary wary of our attacking play and told his players to defend deep in a low block to try and hold on to the result. They only made 4 or 5 forays in our half in the entire 2nd half! All in all Arsenal only looked threatening for about 5 minutes in the 1st half from min 42 to 45 (+2) As pointed out in the live chat Kovacic was superb when he came on. No point talking about Hazard, we already know what he's about. After initially being unneccessarily pessimistic about the season i.e our lack of major investment in more signings, (in truth that was before we got Kovacic), a new striker and so on, I am really optimistic now just because of how we're going to play. We haven't had such an expansive coach literally since Vialli and Gullit. I'm really looking forward to this season now probably more than anyone in many many years. Sarriball makes me happy.

Mcmanaman is at it again second half. He never gives credit to the attacking player. Everything positive in attack that happens for either us or Arsenal has to be the fault of a defender. It's just absurd. I've noticed that he loves to over-criticize Arsenal and hardlt ever gives Chelsea credit. He also does the same with City as well. He's a lot more sensible when he co-comments games for his beloved Liverpool though. For some odd reason he's pretty fair with United. Tired of these scouse wankers in media. Only one I like that is actually fair to us and is not biased at all is Carragher. And he actually knows a lot about the game unlike Mcmanaman.

About to watch the whole game again. I initially missed the 1st half and watched only the 2nd half live. My impressions of the 1st half. We totally battered and destroyed them for 40 minutes. The 1st goal they scored was literally a fluke from nothing after Willian waited to recieve the ball and got dispossed. Iwobi tries to cut it back and it takes a massive deflection and falls kindly to the Armenian guy. Their 2nd goal was a good team goal and its hard to find were we could have improved. Maybe someone could have done a better job picking up Iwobi. Steve Mcmanaman's constant moaning about defending made it seem much worse than it was. If anything, I was a bit more concerned by the initial chances from cut-backs Arsenal missed. The superiority we showed over them in terms of just pure football reminded me of the 5-0 game against Everton. It was the best football I've seen vs a big 6 team since..............I can't really remember. Usually our wins in big games, virtually all of them in the last 6 years have come from counter-attacking efforts. This was a purely possession based footballing effort. The final possession stats was 63% CFC vs 37% Arsenal. We completed 719 passes to their 424. When was the last time that happened in a big game?! I don't even wanna know. Anyway, the 2-2 was totally against the run of play. I was listening to some Arsenal fans on youtube and just commentary on the game in general before I watched the 1st half and it sounded like we were dominant for 30 mins then Arsenal dominated for 15 but that sounds revisionist. We were all over them. Anyway, about to rewatch the 2nd half and post my thoughts. Also: Steve Mcmanaman is absolutely fucking unbearable to listen to on commentary. I really despise co-commentators that moan about everything in a game. It makes the game just uncomfortable to watch. Fucking bitch.